Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior - An International Perspective

Provides multidisciplinary coverage of stalking behavior worldwide from both academic and practical approaches
Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is a thorough, up-to-date overview of stalking perpetration and victimization in different regions of the world. This authoritative book brings together contributions from a team of leading scholars and practitioners that discuss a diverse range of interrelated topics and issues relevant to stalking and intrusive behavior from both theoretical and practical contexts. Whereas most of the literature on the subject is written from a Western viewpoint, this unique volume examines empirical research, policies, and practices from Asian and African countries, as well as those from Europe, the Americas, and Australia, to provide a truly global perspective.
Divided into three parts, the book first examines theories and research on cross-national differences in stalking among college students, ex-partner stalking in Finland, cyberstalking victimization in Singapore, the heterogeneity of stalking and stalkers in Australia, public familiarity and understanding of stalking/harassing legislation in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and more. The book's second part focuses on national portraits of stalking in a number of understudied populations, including Lithuania, Spain, Denmark, Portugal, and South Africa. Finally in the third section of the book, the chapters largely emphasize policy and best practice, including the Dutch model of policing stalking, risk assessment and management of stalking in Sweden, psycho-legal responses to online interpersonal harm, the German approach to stopping stalking, the United Kingdom response to assessing and managing stalking, and the work of the Danish Stalking Centre. This important contribution to the field:
 

• Offers insights from international professionals applicable in other geographical contexts
• Discusses the factors that influence social awareness and responses to stalking
• Explores the importance of victim vulnerability factors when managing risk of stalking
• Presents real-world case studies of stalking behavior, intimate partner violence, stalking victimization, and statutory and law enforcement efforts
• Reviews the intervention practices of the support institutions and justice systems of different countries

Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is an ideal primary or supplementary text for courses in criminology, criminal justice, forensic psychology, and social and behavioral science, as well as a valuable source of reference for those who deal with offenders or victims of stalking, including law enforcement agents, mental health professionals, legal practitioners, social services personnel, and policy makers.


Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, PhD is Associate Professor of Criminology at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. His research focuses on stalking behavior, sexual homicide, offender profiling, sexual offending, homicide, and Asian criminology. He is the author of several books and more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Lorraine Sheridan, PhD is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Associate Professor at Curtin University, Australia. The author of four books and numerous papers, she trains professionals involved in investigating stalking crimes and provides case management advice to police, security personnel, public figures, and others on stalking, harassment, violence, and risk and threat assessment.